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Oratio Ioannisbaptistae Adrianii habita in fvnere Cosmi Medicis magni Etruriae ducis

Adriani, Giovanni Battista, 1513-1579 · 1574 · Florentiae : Ex officina Iuntarum · 3 pictures

A 1574 Florentine funeral oration by Giovanni Battista Adriani, printed by the Giunti press in Florence for mourners honouring Grand Duke Cosimo I of Tuscany. The pictures are small woodcut ornaments: a winged putto flanking a flame-like finial, a decorative capital band, and a historiated initial S showing mounted armoured riders, useful for designers seeking Renaissance printer's ornament and border motifs.

Cosimo I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1519-1574 · Funeral rites and ceremonies

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